A Healthcare Tech Challenge: Cleaning Out the (App) Basement
Hospitals sit atop an IT infrastructure that keeps the EHR and all other tech platforms functioning smoothly. But what happens during an upgrade, a change of vendors, or when an app needs to be removed?
Dangerous AI Chatbots Top ECRI’s 2026 List of Tech Hazards
The growing use of AI chatbots for dispensing medical advice is raising red flags in the healthcare industry. Simply put, you don’t know where that data has been. That’s why misuse of AI chatbots in healthcare has secured the top spot in ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards of 2026.
Automation Complacency: Avoiding the Pitfalls of AI Integration
As AI tools become more and more embedded in routine workflows, there is a psychological dimension to the human-machine interaction that becomes a patient safety issue, not a technological one.
Tampa General’s New AI Bot Makes a Connection With Patients
Aimee is an AI tool developed by Hyro and launched last year at TGH to address call center operations. It’s Aimee’s job to answer phone calls that the call center’s human operators can’t get to, and to quickly and efficiently direct the caller to the right resource.
8 Common Mistakes in Healthcare Vendor Risk Management
Being aware of the most common mistakes in healthcare vendor risk management and establishing a set of robust protocols are an organization’s best line of defense against disruptions.
For Some Health Systems, AI Is Personal
It’s a strategy that many healthcare organizations – large and small – are embracing, especially as the AI market grows and the technology becomes more sophisticated. Health systems are turning to “bake-offs,” or small pilot projects that pit one product against another, or a few against each other.
What Does ChatGPT Health Mean for Healthcare?
Here’s what several health industry experts had to say on the subject of OpenAI launching ChatGPT Health.
Nemours Moves Beyond the Hospital at Home Concept
The Hospital at Home model may not be everybody’s cup of tea, and several health systems and hospitals are finding value in less complex programs that focus on reducing hospital length of stay and improving home-based care.
5 Predictions for Healthcare AI in 2026
Hartford HealthCare’s Barry Stein says healthcare leaders need to see AI as part of an ecosystem. And it will only work in healthcare if it all the right safeguards are in place.
Utah OKs Prescription Refills by AI
Utah officials announced on Tuesday a partnership with AI health platform Doctronic to enable patients living with chronic conditions to use the platform to refill prescriptions. Utah becomes the first state to test the technology for prescribing and the latest example of a state talking the lead in forging AI policy.